"Unless very strong evidence can be produced against Mr. Norwood's view, it must be accepted as the true solution of the problem.... Mr. Norwood is generally clear, and abounds in illuminating thoughts. He has added a full bibliography (running to twenty-three pages) of writings on Euripides, and for this every scholar will offer his sincere thanks.... He has done a very good piece of work."—Athenæum.
"This volume forms the first of a Classical Series projected by the Manchester University, who are to be congratulated on having begun with a book so original and full of interest.... It is admirably argued, and is instinct with a sympathetic imagination. It is, at the very least, an extremely able attempt to solve a very complex problem."—Manchester Guardian.
"Mr. Norwood demonstrates on every page his scholarship and knowledge, and gives proof of much painstaking research. The treatise is as valuable as it is interesting."—Manchester City News.
"It is a most ingenious theory, and a reviewer whom it has left unconvinced is all the more bound to give his testimony to the consistent skill, learning, and independence of judgment with which it is presented. The book ... strikes us as the product of vigorous and independent thought."—Times.
"Mr. Norwood's learned and ingenious argument."—Westminster Gazette.
"Mr. Norwood's proposed solution, though novel, is extremely plausible."—Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
"Lovers of Euripides may not be convinced by his subtle argument, but they will certainly find his book suggestive and stimulating."—Daily News.
"Mr. Norwood's book has even in the eyes of a sceptic the considerable merit of stating the hypothesis in a very thoroughgoing and able manner, and at least giving it its full chance of being believed."—Professor Gilbert Murray in the Nation.
"L'interprétation de M. Norwood est certainement très ingénieuse; elle est même très séduisante."—Revue Critique.